<div id="readability-page-1"><blockquote><ul><li>QCraft's systems have been deployed in one million vehicles, and the company currently partners with nearly 10 automakers.</li><li>QCraft will significantly shift its strategic focus toward Level 4 autonomous driving and general-purpose physical AI, while accelerating its expansion into overseas markets.</li></ul></blockquote><figure id="attachment_138243"><img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://cnevpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026032402221778.jpg?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="1458" height="820" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://cnevpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026032402221778.jpg"/><figcaption id="caption-attachment-138243">(Image credit: QCraft)</figcaption></figure><p>Chinese autonomous driving startup QCraft announced the completion of a $100 million Series D funding round, with investors including a leading domestic automaker and several industrial funds, according to a statement released on Monday.</p><p>The newly raised funds will primarily be used to ramp up R&amp;D in cutting-edge physical AI technologies such as world models and reinforcement learning, while further strengthening the company's organizational and talent development, QCraft said.</p><p>The company will significantly shift its strategic focus toward Level 4 autonomous driving and general-purpose physical AI while accelerating its expansion into overseas markets, said Yu Qian, the company's co-founder and CEO.</p>    <div>        <p><span>Join us on </span>            Telegram            <span> or </span>            Google News        </p>    </div><p>Yu believes 2026 marks a critical turning point for AI development, with the greatest opportunities over the next 5 to 10 years lying in the physical world, and autonomous driving serving as the optimal entry point.</p><p>In the field of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), QCraft's systems have been deployed in one million vehicles, with nearly 10 partner automakers and nearly 30 supported vehicle models, according to the statement.</p><p>The company expects the number of new partner vehicle models to exceed 50 by 2026, with nearly all of them equipped with urban navigation ADAS capabilities.</p><p>Regarding Level 4 autonomous driving, QCraft has partnered with industry chain partners to formally enter the autonomous delivery vehicle sector and pioneered a new model of &#34;production-to-operation,&#34; the company said.</p><p>Currently, its autonomous delivery vehicles are already in operation in multiple locations. The company also plans to launch robotaxi pilot programs in 2026 and scale up deployment in 2027.</p>    <div>        <div>            <p><img width="768" height="432" src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://cnevpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026030509372397-768x432.jpg?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://cnevpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026030509372397-768x432.jpg"/>                            </p>        </div>        <div>            <p>Autonomous driving firm Momenta confidentially files for Hong Kong IPO, may raise $1 billion</p>            <p>Momenta was valued at over $5 billion in its latest funding round last year.</p>                    </div>    </div>                                                                                    </div>

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<p>QCraft, a Chinese autonomous driving startup, has raised $100 million in a Series D funding round to enhance its focus on Level 4 autonomous driving and physical AI. The funds will support R&D in advanced technologies and talent development. QCraft's systems are deployed in one million vehicles, partnering with nearly 10 automakers, and plans to expand its vehicle models to over 50 by 2026. The company aims to launch robotaxi pilot programs in 2026 and scale operations by 2027.</p>

- QCraft has deployed its systems in one million vehicles and partnered with nearly 10 automakers, completing a $100 million Series D funding round to enhance R&D in physical AI technologies.  
- The company aims to shift towards Level 4 autonomous driving and expand into overseas markets, with expectations of exceeding 50 new partner vehicle models by 2026.  
- Additionally, QCraft plans to launch robotaxi pilot programs in 2026 and scale up operations by 2027, emphasizing growth in the autonomous delivery vehicle sector.

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QCraft raises $100 million to accelerate physical AI and autonomous driving push